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School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)

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Cluain Fada, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Mrs. Flood
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    Its inside and out side and very useful to the house?
    "A window"
    What's always behind time?
    "The back of a clock."
    Why is a penny compared to a hen?
    "Because it has a head and tail."
    Why is a (b) pig in a parlour compared to a house on fire?
    "Because the sooner they are put out the better."
    I warn all good children when school they should attend,
    I tell them when the class begins and when the lessons end,
    I follow good examples,
    Unharmful I sit,
    My hands are always busy and my face I never wet?
    "A clock"
    The man that made it couldn't wear it.
    The man that bought it couldn't make it.
    The man that wore it couldn't tell,
    Whether it suited him middling or
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parke, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mrs Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40